Miguel Poveda

The singer Miguel Poveda opened the 16. edition of the Bienal Flamenco de Sevilla last night. Without doubt one of the most important and expected show of this festival is the one of the guitar player Paco de Lucia, who will close the fetical next Saturday October 9. We have an appointment at the Maestranza Theater, at 20h30. The Andalusian main city is right now the flamenco main city, with a programming with 56 shows. In front of the Real Maestranza Bullfighing Place, Poveda offered an extraordinary interpretation, accompanied by a lot of musicians.

Mayte Martin

The flamenco singer and composer Mayte Martin, accepted and considerated by everyone will present her last work "Al cantar a Manuel" next October 3. at the Girona Auditorium.This new disc is a real event, because it offers a collection of songs based on the poems of the poet and journalist Manuel Alcanta, from Malaga. On this cd Mayte Martin reinvents the poetry singing and in a very honourable way. Her aim was to be the voice of the poet, be his breathing. We are talking about flamenco, about La Niña de los Peines and Pepe Marchena, but also Jacques Brel and Joni Mitchell, because the work of Mayte Martin is incredible.. 

Infanta Elena de Borbon

The Royal Family announced to the Cultural Government Department that they will support the candidacy of the flamenco for its inclusion on the Representative List of the Immaterial Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity of the Unesco. In a letter sent by this institution we are informed that the King Juan Carlos thinks it's "very intersting" and "wishes all the best to this project".

The candidacy of the flamenco is counting with the support of the central government, but also with the autonomous governments of Andalusia, Murcia and Extremadura. All these are important supports. Furthermore more than 6000 individual votes have been obtained during last term and we can now add the support of the La Coruña University, the Mont Marsan Festival, the president of the Andalusian Business Men, Santiago Herreri or Daniel Barenboim among others, but also federations, fundations and associations in connection with flamenco art, the "arte jondo". Sum-total among two millions of Ansalusian support this candidacy.